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Chengdu, on the lobby of the state capital.

At the beginning of the discussion, Liu Zhang's words stirred up a thousand waves, so that there was a tumult in the hall.

The Yizhou officials have made generous statements, boldly and directly, and resolutely opposed the decision of the state pastor Liu Zhang for the first time in history.

"Although the Xiliang army has besieged the state city, there is enough money and food in our state city, there are enough weapons, and there are 50,000 troops stationed in it, which can be called impregnable. At this time, why did the lord surrender without a fight? ”

"None of us are greedy for life and afraid of death, and we are willing to live and die with the state city!"

"The victory or defeat was not decided, but the lord lightly said that the city was opened and surrendered, which was tantamount to abandoning the ancestral foundation. The ministers are waiting for death, please take back your life and swear to live and die with Yizhou! ”

"The ministers are willing to die, please take back your destiny and swear to live and die with Yizhou!!."

Seeing that everyone in the hall said that they wanted to live and die with Yizhou, and dared to openly denounce him, Liu Zhang was angry and resentful, and his eyes glanced at the black-armored warrior not far behind him from time to time, and his expression was angry and a little panicked, and he seemed to be unrelenting and restless.

And this scene did not attract the attention of the subordinates, and still impassionedly accused Liu Zhang of begging and abandoning his ancestral business, implying that Liu Zhang was disobedient and unfilial. They only cared about the advantage of their tongues, trying to be quick for a while, but they didn't notice that the armorers inside and outside the state capital were all unfamiliar faces, even the armorers standing above the lobby, all of them were tall and burly and strong armorers. The slightly dark and rigid faces, revealing a thick murderous aura, only need to pay a little attention to it is not difficult to find that at this moment they are staring at the officials in the hall who are making a big statement, and their eyes show contempt. The face is full of contempt, and there is a violent killing machine that wants to get rid of it quickly.

Even. The Yizhou subordinates were completely unaware that there were many more soldiers in the hall today than in the past. That's twice as much. Not only are all the armorers in the lobby new faces, but even the close guards and personal guard commanders on both sides of Liu Zhang's side have changed, and the spirit of these armorers is completely different from the previous guards, obviously they are all iron-blooded soldiers who crawled out of the pile of dead people, exuding a chilling evil aura all over their bodies, with a ruthlessness that rejects people thousands of miles away.

These anomalies, but any military general with a little eyesight or carefulness, it is not difficult to see the abnormality with a little attention, so as to draw an accurate judgment. Don't look at these armorers wearing the armor of the Yizhou army. The weapons and ornaments they wear are exactly the same as those of the Yizhou army, but they are not the Yizhou army, but an elite division from outside Yizhou. If they are willing to speak, then the Yizhou civil and military forces in the hall will immediately know that these armorers all have a Xiliang accent. From this, their identities are about to come out, and they are the Xiliang Army who swore to resist to the death as the subordinates said.

If the Yizhou civil and military forces who were chattering at the moment knew that they were already under the watchful eye of the Xiliang Army, they might be cut off by these armor soldiers at any time, I don't know if they still have the courage to speak eloquently, and dare to make such a loud noise as they are now, and dare to slander the Xiliang Army without any restraint. He also dared to despise the Xiliang Army, dared to call Li Li's name, and dared to declare again and again that he swore to live and die with Chengdu and Yizhou!

As everyone knows. The entire Yizhou has been destroyed, and Liu Zhang, the Yizhou pastor, has already existed in name only, and at this moment he is the last to preside over military and political affairs as the state pastor. Chengdu has fallen at the third watch last night!

Because of this. At this moment, Liu Zhang sat upright on the upper steps. Expressionlessly, he squinted his eyes and listened to the generous statements of the subordinates in the hall, and stared coldly at their sworn faces. But his heart was full of contempt and indignation.

Today's scene of public words is the first time that Liu Zhang has seen everyone so united, so loyal, so righteous and awe-inspiring, so honey-bellied, so duplicitous, and coy.

To this day, Liu Zhang vaguely remembers that when the Xiliang army came to the city ten days ago, when he asked everyone, nearly 100 civil and military generals in the hall were silent and silent. At that time, they sat under the hall one by one, sitting in a precarious position, and looked down at the case in front of them, so that Liu Zhang asked five times, and no one in the hall was stunned, and no one dared to make suggestions, let alone sign up enthusiastically and swear to live and die with Chengdu.

In all fairness, at that time, Liu Zhang really wanted to fight the Xiliang army to the end, and was willing to fight to the last soldier, even if he had his last breath left, he would not surrender. However, none of the civil and military officers in the hall stood up and expressed their position in public, and they were willing to do their best to support him, but the result was a silence, not a single one, all of them were a group of turtles with shrunken heads. Perhaps there is no shortage of people among them who died generously, but because of their scruples, none of them dared to stand up and support Liu Zhang with a clear attitude, setting an example for everyone.

At that moment, Liu Zhang's heart was so desolate, how sad and angry, and how cold, it is not an exaggeration to say that his heart is like a knife. Although he was not usually enthusiastic about military and political affairs, at that moment he clearly felt that all the subordinates under his tent were watching his jokes and silently laughing at him in their hearts. They were sure that Liu Zhang would not be captured, unwilling to lose his position as the state pastor, unwilling to be a lost dog, and categorically would not sit idly by and watch the Longxing land (Yizhou) of the Liu royal family fall into the hands of other princes.

So they have no fear, even if they personally feel the strength and threat of the Xiliang army, they are not impatient, they sit back and watch one by one, they have no intention of helping Liu Zhang to defend against strong enemies, but are happy to see Liu Zhang's helpless appearance, it seems that only in this way can they show their importance and highlight the identity and status of the masters of these old scholars in Yizhou.

However, at this moment, when Liu Zhang solemnly announced the surrender of the city and welcomed the general Li Li and his army into the city, the crowd in the hall was excited, and they were all anxious, and they jumped out one after another to make a statement, and took a clear and resolute stand against Liu Zhang's decision.

Suddenly, Liu Zhang seemed to have become a traitor seeking glory, but they were loyal and generous people, jumping up and down one by one, making a big statement, righteous and awe-inspiring, and doing their best to be loyal.

Knowing the inside story is naturally a deep sight, and knowing that the reason why these officials who are forced to be anxious swear to live and die with Yizhou is because they want to keep their existing fame and fortune and great business. Those who don't know the situation must have preconceived notions that the minister is a loyal minister, but the lord is a mediocre lord; There was a group of loyal and courageous courtiers, but they encountered Liu Zhang, a mediocre and incompetent monarch, so that before the official war began, they had to surrender without a fight.

As everyone knows, Liu Zhang may not be wise, but he is not a mediocre master in the real sense. It must be known that since he took Yizhou, for more than six years, Yizhou has been peaceful and relatively stable, and has been praised as the "country of abundance" by the people of other states and counties, which is desirable, so that hundreds of thousands of people from various states have poured into Yizhou and settled in Yizhou one after another.

And this is only because Liu Zhang adopted a policy strategy of ruling by doing nothing for the counties under his rule, he did not interfere too much in military and political affairs, except for his own laziness and contentment with pleasure, what he did was to maintain stability in the territory, not to cause trouble, and not to avoid war. That's all.

Although he did not have enough outstanding achievements and meritorious deeds, he was able to appease the people, so that the territory was relatively peaceful, and most of the people could live and work in peace and contentment, and could live a life of food and clothing, without being devastated by war and suffering from displacement.

This alone is enough to show that although Liu Zhang is not a wise lord with great talents, he is not a mediocre person. Although he was content with the status quo and indulged in pleasures, he did not harm the common people, did not expropriate and extort money, did not wantonly mutilate the people, did not increase the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and did not loot the people's fat and ointment.

It's a pity that in the troubled times, it is not enough to appease the people on one side, and defending the territory is the king. After all, the princes of the world are divided, and the princes are fighting each other, and only by constantly expanding their territory and strengthening their own strength can they gain a firm foothold in the troubled times and last for a long time. Otherwise, sooner or later, they will have to face the conquest of other princes, when the weak army will resist the long-fought army, and the victory and defeat will be divided before the war begins, and then it is inevitable that they will give up their territory, and they will not be able to recover.

This is the reason why Liu Zhang was under his account and his subordinates talked about mediocrity and weakness behind his back.

In troubled times, inaction is mediocrity and inaction. Isn't it weak to sit back and enjoy its inaction and not think of forging ahead?

There was a lot of commotion in the lobby, and everyone in the hall was noisy and shouting for nearly half an hour, but Liu Zhang didn't interject at all, didn't express his position, and ignored it. Obviously, he had no intention of listening to these innocuous noises at the moment, and he was stunned, but his mind was combing through the bits and pieces of these years, and he felt a lot of emotion.

After a long time, everyone in the hall finally noticed his strangeness, and they all held their breath and gradually quieted down.

There was no noise in his ears, and Liu Zhang then woke up and came back to his senses, and his eyes looked down at the subordinates in the hall coldly, his eyes were unprecedentedly cold, revealing a little disgust.

In the middle of the day, the former crows were silent, one by one, standing by and watching, as the state pastor was worried, unable to sleep and eat without being moved, and exerting all the pressure and challenges on him alone; At this moment, I saw that he finally couldn't hold it anymore, but he jumped out one after another to pretend to be loyal and good, jumping up and down one by one, and he was not ashamed. Over and over again, it is all these people in the hall, their eyes are always fixed on fame and fortune, and they only really care about their own interests, and they have never really put him Liu Zhang in their eyes and in their hearts.

Liu Zhang originally wanted to state that he was powerful, telling everyone that the Xiliang army had already entered the city, and any more useless resistance would only add casualties in vain, and it would be useless. But he didn't want to say anything at this time, and he didn't even want to see these people in the hall, he had been actually making money for these people and protecting their interests, and this time he had to really think about it for himself.

"You don't need to say much, in the past, you were the masters of the state, this time the state has made up its mind, and today it will be the master, and the city will open the city to welcome the general into the city!" After speaking, Liu Zhang flicked his sleeves, waved his hand and motioned to the black-armored warrior behind him to bring the seal ribbon on the desk, and then strode down the steps and walked straight towards the mansion gate.

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